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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by CORE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$132,904
Total expenses
$89,256
Contributions and grants received
$101,678
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$7,250
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$993
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$12,000
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$10,983
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$237,378
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$237,378
Program service expenses (Part III)
$67,504

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

THE C.O.R.E. FOUNDATION INSPIRES COMMUNITIES TO BE BETTER STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MARINE AWARENESS EDUCATION AND HANDS ON COASTAL PROGRAMS.

  • A SERIOUS THREAT TO CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS IS INVASIVE LIONFISH. THESE VENOMOUS FISH ARE PROLIFIC BREEDERS AND HAVE NO PREDATORS IN THE CARIBBEAN,SO THEIR POPULATIONS IS UNCHECKED. FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, CORE AS CONDUCTED EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF DIVERS FOR LIONFHISH REMOVAL USING A NON-PROJECTILE. THE HAWAIIAN SLING DEVICE AND OUR ORGANIZATION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THOUSANDS OF THESE INVASIVE FISH EACH YEAR FROM BOTH V.I. TERRITORAL AND V.I. NATIONAL PARK WATERS. HELD A VERY SUCCESSFUL LIONFISH DERBY WITH OVER 200 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ON THE ISLAND OF ST. CROIX, VI. CORE HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO MAINTAIN AN IN-WATER NURSERY TO MAINTAIN GENOTYPES OF LOCALLY THREATENED CORALS AND TO GROW THEM TO A SUITABLE SIZE FOR NEARBY OUTPLANTING. CORE DIVERS CONDUCT FREQUENT NURSERY CLEANING AND DATA COLLECTION, AND ARE FINDING ADDITIONAL NURSERY SPACE.

    Expenses $67,504

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Frank Cummings

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael Funk

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Rebecca Gibbel

    SCIENCE OFFI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jeremy Prudhomme

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mathew Sims

    EDUCATION &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sam Darling

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Greg Hansen

    ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2.5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202501929349200620

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